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Cities & the Sky

By on February 12, 2009 in Asia, China, Cities, Photos, Shanghai
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Picture yourself in the urban canopy jungle. You are lost in the great concrete reef. You're drowning in the ocean of asphalt. This is transit. This is Shanghai. Picture the sky in numerous lanes, divided judiciously...
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Shanghai Nights

By on February 12, 2009 in Asia, China, Photos, Shanghai
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During the TaiPing Rebellion, ca. the 1860s, there was one infamous foreign commander among the ranks of the Qing Dynasty's Imperial Army. His name was Ward, and he was such a capable fighter and officer...
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Bullfight in Jambiani

By on January 27, 2009 in Asia, India, Mumbai, Photos
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I leave Uganda tomorrow, traveling through Nairobi and Doha, Qatar, and will be back in India early the next morning. Below is another saved post about our stay in Jambiani, the small beach town on Zanzibar's...
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Weather Report

By on January 17, 2009 in Asia, China, Photos
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There have been some mildly interesting weather phenomena while I've been living here in China. I've already expounded upon the mildness of the winter (a conclusion that I admit now was a bit premature), but...
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300,000

By on January 17, 2009 in Asia, China, Photos
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300,000. The estimated total number of casualties from the Japanese invasion of Nanjing. Among that number not only the soldiers are counted, but the innocent as well. The invaders took depravity to a whole new...
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